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Re: Where to send feedback on the nationwide EAS-WEA tests


From: Matt Hoppes <mattlists () rivervalleyinternet net>
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2018 18:29:04 -0400

Yup. All 300 of us received it and our phones started reading the message uncontrollably. 

Utter chaos. 

On Oct 3, 2018, at 18:18, Sean Donelan <sean () donelan com> wrote:


FEMA invites the public to send comments on the nationwide EAS-WEA test to

   FEMA-National-Test () fema dhs gov

Valuable information on the effectiveness of a national WEA capability using the Presidential alert category includes:

1. Whether your mobile device displayed one, more or no WEA test messages;

2. The make, model and operating system version of your mobile device;

3. Your wireless service provider;

4. Whether the device was turned on and in the same location for at least 30 minutes after the start of the test 
(2:18 p.m. ET);

5. The location of the device (as precise as possible), including the device’s environment (e.g. indoors or outdoors, 
rural or urban, mobile or stationary);

6. Whether you are normally able to make calls, receive texts, or use apps at that location;

7. Whether the mobile device was in use at the time of the alert (for a call or a data session); and

8. Whether anyone else at your location received the WEA test alert message.


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